> Previously used primarily in scientific/academic applications, "zero > knowledge" authentication is a method of proving a user's identity without > revealing his password to the verifier.
So anybody knows exactly what this zero-knowledge authentication is that they use? > Using this technology, Unicity > allows companies to issue digital certificates securely on a software-only > basis, eliminating the need to supply employees, partners and clients with > special hardware, or to require them to locally store certificates on their > computers. The private data is never stored on the user's hard drive, and > is erased from the RAM as soon as the user no longer needs it. This part about storing private keys on a server is not novel. The company that I work for has a similar solution with respect to this, it's called HotSign: http://www.okiok.com/index.jsp?page=Hot+Sign --Anton --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]